Government: Republican Parliamentary Democracy Executive branch: Chief of state: President Abdullah GUL (since 28 August 2007) Head of government: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 14 March 2003) Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister Elections: president elected directly for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president from among members of parliament Election results: on 28 August 2007 the National Assembly elected Abdullah GUL president on the third ballot; National Assembly vote - 339 note: in October 2007 Turkish voters approved a referendum package of constitutional amendments including a provision for direct presidential elections
Legislative branch: Elections: last held on 12 June 2011 (next to be held by June 2015)
Judicial branch: Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court
Politicial Parties: Democratic Left Party or DSP [Masum TURKER] Democratic Party or DP [Namik Kemal ZEYBEK] Equality and Democracy Party or EDP [Ziva HALIS] Felicity Party or SP [Mustafa KAMALAK] (sometimes translated as Contentment Party) Freedom and Solidarity Party or ODP [Alper TAS] Grand Unity Party or BBP [Yalcin TOPCU] Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN] Nationalist Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI] Peace and Democracy Party or BDP [Selahattin DEMIRTAS] People's Voice Party or HSP [Numan KURTULMUS] Republican People's Party or CHP [Kemal KILICDAROGLU] Turkey Party or TP [Abdullatif SENER] note: the parties listed above are some of the more significant of the 61 parties that Turkey had according to the Ministry of Interior statistics current as of May 2009
Politics of Turkey
Executive branch:
Chief of state: President Abdullah GUL (since 28 August 2007)
Head of government: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 14 March 2003)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister
Elections: president elected directly for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president from among members of parliament
Election results: on 28 August 2007 the National Assembly elected Abdullah GUL president on the third ballot; National Assembly vote - 339
note: in October 2007 Turkish voters approved a referendum package of constitutional amendments including a provision for direct presidential elections
Legislative branch:
Elections: last held on 12 June 2011 (next to be held by June 2015)
Judicial branch:
Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court
Politicial Parties:
Democratic Left Party or DSP [Masum TURKER]
Democratic Party or DP [Namik Kemal ZEYBEK]
Equality and Democracy Party or EDP [Ziva HALIS]
Felicity Party or SP [Mustafa KAMALAK] (sometimes translated as Contentment Party)
Freedom and Solidarity Party or ODP [Alper TAS]
Grand Unity Party or BBP [Yalcin TOPCU]
Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN]
Nationalist Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI]
Peace and Democracy Party or BDP [Selahattin DEMIRTAS]
People's Voice Party or HSP [Numan KURTULMUS]
Republican People's Party or CHP [Kemal KILICDAROGLU]
Turkey Party or TP [Abdullatif SENER]
note: the parties listed above are some of the more significant of the 61 parties that Turkey had according to the Ministry of Interior statistics current as of May 2009
Information take directly from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html